My grandad made this chest of drawer around 40 years ago. He is now nearly 98. My little brothers and sisters had it for years and it was painted red with the drawers painted yellow and blue. I haven't got a picture of it with all the drawers in it but it looked like it came out of a cartoon.
I have now painted it and changed the handles. The only problem with it was there were no runners in it and the drawers were very difficult to slide in and out as teh wood has warped slightly. A friend of mine told me to rub candle wax along were the drawers run and hey presto, they move very easily now! Im going to line the inside of the drawers with some nice paper but Im finding it very difficult to find any. Does anyone know were you buy drawer lining?
I also done lockers the week before to match. The lockers were bought for €3 each in a charity shop.
Here is a link to a separate thread for my lockers that match
http://www.jumbletown.ie/forums/showthread.php?t=120492
UPDATE - Very Kind lady in the Wallpaper shop gave me a whole box of half wallpaper rolls for FREE... so I started getting creative. This is what I did yesterday, the flowers on the chest of drawers. Im going to put a lot more on at tthe weekend.